⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 40 from three
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q3 10:03 · NY 56-79 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q3 1:33 · NY 73-96 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:59 · NY 6-15 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q2 9:46 · NY 25-47 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 20 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
